Bill Roper's New Game Revealed

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By Robert 'Apache' Howarth

The poop from Blizzplanet is that Flagship Studios' launch title is called Hellgate: London and will be featured on the cover of PC Gamer Magazine (May Issue). Flagship is comprised of mostly ex-Blizzard/Diablo developers, so expect a game along those lines. More details soon... Thanks Nathan.

Update: And the first details are in, as Groovalicious Games posted some information (no scans) from the article. Here are a few points of interest:

PC Gamer describes the game as Diablo played from a first person perspective and set in a post-apocalyptic London.

Roper consders the game to be an RPG. His arguments: combat is entirely stat based, not twitch based. Hits, misses, and damage will depend on the stats of your character and their weapons; and ranged weapons cast spells (they're actually being referred to as "spell delivery systems").

The game is set five years after a war against demons has already been lost. London is depicted as a burnt out shell of itself. The demons are in the process of "hellaforming" earth to make it more suitable for their kind. A handful of humans have survived.

A third person view will probably exist, for melee fighting and whatnot. There will also be a third person "vanity mode" so you can view your character. Multiplayer will exist and support 16 to 32 players. Co-op gameplay will be emphasized, but deathmatch is a possibility. Roper says you will not be able to play as a demon.